Maria Morrison

Department Head

Mrs. Morrison has been teaching high school English since 1980.A graduate of Central Connecticut State University in 1980, she earned a B.S. in English, an M.S. in Educational Leadership, and 30 Graduate credits in Secondary Education. She is a Connecticut native. She and her family moved to Vermont in 2002. In 2003, Mrs. Morrison worked as an on-site tutor at Harwood and as a writer for the Vermont Journal. The following year, she was hired as the 504 Student Services Coordinator. She has been teaching English at Harwood, as well as serving as English Department Chair, since 2005. Mrs. Morrison resides in Duxbury with her husband, Richard, and son, Roderick.

Email: morrisonm@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x231

Tedin Lange

Tedin Lange began her teaching career at Harwood in 2004.  She is from Fairlee, Vermont originally and is delighted to be back in a rural school.  Tedin will be at home caring for her first child during the 2007-2008 school year, but she already has new ideas for her return the following year

Email: langet@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x200

Chris Whalen

Christopher Whalen was a student teacher in the English department of Harwood Union High School in the fall of 1991, and has been at Harwood ever since. He received his masters degree from Antioch New England University in 2005, and his bachelors degree from New York University in 1984.

Email: walenc@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x284

Sarah Page

Ms. Sarah Page (aka Sarah Stickney, or "Stick")  has worked at Harwood since the fall of 1980, when she was in the bloom of youth. She is now the senior member of the English department, part of the "second generation" of Harwood faculty, owing much of her success as a teacher to such Harwood greats as Harry Brusa, Doug Chiappetta,  
Gary Kingsbury, Karen (Ferrigno) Laurel, Don, Kaufmann, David Keefe, and Ed Oravec. In her 27 years  at Harwood she has enjoyed teaching most of the current English curriculum, grades 7-12.  She is most fond of teaching generations of freshmen as they move from late childhood to early adulthood.  Ms. Page resides in Duxbury with her husband, and college sweetheart, Bob Wescott and  
their two cats, Cassie and Pipkin. She is passionate about  
quilting, gardening, writing, and telling tall-tales of her youth  
believed to be true by adolescents district-wide.   She enjoys  
hearing from former students at pages@harwood.org.

Email: pages@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x208

Steve Rand

Mr. Rand has taught English at Harwood Union High since 1998. His classes include American Literature, Poetry, Creative Writing, and Film Studies. Yet, Media Literacy is by far Mr. Rand’s most popular class, attracting statewide recognition for his innovative curriculum. In his other roles at Harwood, Mr. Rand coordinates the Monday Morning Assembly program, is an active TA (Teacher Advisor), and mentor for many student writers and filmmakers.

After serving in the U.S. Navy during the First Gulf War, Mr. Rand attended the University of Vermont . His professional affiliations include membership in the National and Vermont Education Associations and the Action Coalition for Media Education.

Steve lives with his family in Waterbury, Vermont . He enjoys spending time with family, reading, writing, cooking, sports, and traveling.

"My experience with war, honor, duty, and dreams moved me to help children understand wild abstract notions like peace and justice."

-Steven K. Rand

Email: rands@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x269

Dan Morse

Daniel Morse is a 6th generation Vermonter, his family settled on Crossett Hill in Duxbury in 1812.  Mr. Morse began his teaching career in 2003, after 17 years in private industry and the performing arts. He started teaching at Rio Rancho Academy High School in New Mexico, where he taught 11th grade Humanities. The opportunity then arose to move home and he joined Harwood in 2005.

Mr. Morse has a Bachelor of Science in Speech from Emerson College and a Master of Arts in Education, from The College of Santa Fe. He is certified in English and endorsed in Social Studies and has 15 post graduate credits from the AP Institute, University of New Mexico and Harvard in feature writing, playwriting and history. 

Daniel has taught all levels of high school English from freshmen to the senior AP College course.  He also teaches Introduction to Comedic Acting and Writing and Public Speaking and Debate. His 2006 comedic acting class held the first comedy show at Harwood.

In Mr. Morse
Daniel Morse is a 6th generation Vermonter, his family settled on Crossett Hill in Duxbury in 1812.  Mr. Morse began his teaching career in 2003, after 17 years in private industry and the performing arts. He started teaching at Rio Rancho Academy High School in New Mexico, where he taught 11th grade Humanities. The opportunity then arose to move home and he joined Harwood in 2005.

Mr. Morse has a Bachelor of Science in Speech from Emerson College and a Master of Arts in Education, from The College of Santa Fe. He is certified in English and endorsed in Social Studies and has 15 post graduate credits from the AP Institute, University of New Mexico and Harvard in feature writing, playwriting and history. 

Daniel has taught all levels of high school English from freshmen to the senior AP College course.  He also teaches Introduction to Comedic Acting and Writing and Public Speaking and Debate. His 2006 comedic acting class held the first comedy show at Harwood.

In Mr. Morse’s spare time he enjoys baseball, golf, playing hockey, traveling and photography. Dan and his wife Allison are expecting their first child in June. They will be spending the summer trying to get their child to sleep through the night before school starts, restoring their 1850 farmhouse in Essex and planning for next year.  Allison’s family resides in Warren.

Mr. Morse’s philosophy is to have a focused and serious classroom in an enjoyable and safe environment. He leverages his experience in business and the arts to help students have a realistic perspective on what life will be like in the working and academic world after high school.

Email: morsed@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x278

John Potts

Biography

Email: pottsj@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x211

Jackie McCarty

Biography

Email: mccartyj@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x221

Gretchen Stahl

Biography

Email: stahlg@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x281

Amanda Dixon

Ms. Dixon hails from Guilford, Vermont. She graduated from Bates College with a BA in English, and recently completed her Master of Arts in Teaching at Brown University. Thrilled to be back in Vermont, she is in her first year of teaching at Harwood. Between college and graduate school she coached nordic skiing, led trail crews, taught forestry and environmental education, studied in Norway, and worked as a special education aid. An avid outdoors woman and committed skier, she loves nothing more than Vermont in the winter time.

Recognizing that a good teacher’s reach is limitless, she aims to establish a learning community that achieves kindness, courtesy, respect, and responsibility through hard work. By promoting intellectual rigor and open mindedness, she is committed to motivating students to see that, in the words of Robert Browning, “Man’s reach must exceed his grasp, else what’s a heaven for.”

Email: dixona@harwood.org

Phone (Extension): (802) 244-5186x281